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Friday, May 4, 2012

Proofreading Police

My son’s first-grade teacher is working hard to help the
students, my son included, understand the writing process and the importance of
proofreading. To reinforce her efforts, I created a fun activity to give my son
some practice editing.

Having spent much of my professional career as a writer and
editor, this activity is close to my heart.

To start, we read a book from the Grammar Tales series. Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman
by Justin Martin was the perfect book to illustrate just how important
proofreading is.

The story follows Francine on her beat as she heads through
town correcting bad grammar (improper or forgotten capitalization, bad
spelling, and lack of apostrophes and other punctuation). My son loved it!

When he was done, I told him it was time for him to join the
proofreading police squad. He was excited!

I gave him four cases to review. Each profiled one kid (Too Busy Tina, Careless Kyle, Unsure Ursula, and Forgetful Frank). Download them here.

It was up to him to review their crimes against grammar and
help correct the errors (i.e. to proofread)!

He did a wonderful job (this mama-writer was SO proud!), missing a few of the edits and struggling a bit with the use of the apostrophe, but was eager to get through all the “evidence.”

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The Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational blog was born out of one mom's desire to chronicle all the afterschool activities she is doing with her oldest son. Thanks to the Internet, when his sibling is school age and there's even LESS time to reinvent the wheel, she won't have to. (Aren't blogs wonderful?!?) Fortunately for you, she's sharing these ideas and activities with other parents who, like her, believe learning doesn't stop when the school day ends.